The couple had been dating for five years, most of which was very long distance, so when it came down to finally getting married, a little snow wasn't going to ruin their plans.

"We were planning on getting married on Valentine's Day," Ryan Edwards-McBride said.

The plan was for the couple to get married at the Anne Arundel County Courthouse but the snow kept falling.

"Up until this morning, at like 6 o'clock in the morning, it was going to be open and then I checked the weather report, and they said it was closed at 6:30 this morning and we were like, 'What are we going to do?'" Ryan Edwards-McBride said.

The couple met in England and the romance grew for five and a half years with Ryan in Maryland and Sobrina in the United Kingdom. Finally getting married meant a lot of immigration details, paperwork and plans.

"On my wedding band, I put the date that we were going to get married on, I had it stamped Feb 14, 2014," Ryan Edwards-McBride said.

"It's Valentine's Day, and that was kind of the romantic thing that we had in mind and this has been a long time coming, so we were really looking forward to it being today," Sobrina Edwards-McBride said.

So they got busy making it happen. Ryan's pastor agreed to do the ceremony on short notice and they called the little Annapolis bed and breakfast where they had planned to spend their wedding night.

"Oh gosh, I got a call at about 7:15 this morning and he said, 'Can you help me out? The courthouse is closed and we don't have a place to get married,'" said Elly Tierney, of Chez Amis Bed and Breakfast. "And I said, 'Of course you can get married!"

Quickly, they put up some decorations and got champagne, flowers and chocolate-covered strawberries.

"We were obviously worried we wouldn't actually get to Annapolis today but it all worked out. It worked out better than we hoped it could have," Sobrina Edwards-McBride said.

"I couldn't have planned it to be this great, I really couldn't have," Ryan Edwards-McBride said. "I can't even imagine it being an any more special day."

The ceremony lasted 45 minutes, witnessed by Ryan's parents and a photographer to record the memories -- not that they'd forget one second of it.

"We're obviously very excited. We're starting our lives together and I'm just really really touched by how many people helped us make that happen today because it could have just as easily just not happened," Sobrina Edwards-McBride said.

The newlyweds plan to start off their married life in Maryland. The next step is finding the perfect home.

WIFE'S RESTAURANTS ARE ENCOURAGING THOSE WHO HAD TO CANCEL TONIGHT TO CONSIDER ANOTHER NIGHT. TO A STORY ABOUT LOVE AND PERSEVERANCE. THE SNOW ALMOST MISSED -- THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GET MARRIED AT THE COURTHOUSE. THE COURTHOUSE SHUT DOWN. RYAN AND SABRINA HAVE BEEN DATING FOR FIVE YEARS. MOST OF IT WAS LONG DISTANCE. WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO ME -- WHEN IT DOWN -- WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO GETTING MARRIED, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT PLAN. THE SNOW CAPPED FALLING. UP UNTIL THIS MORNING, IT WAS GOING TO BE OPEN. THEN I CHECKED THE WEATHER REPORTS. THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSE. WHAT WE WANT TO DO? THEY MET AND ENGLAND. THE ROMANCE GREW FOR FIVE YEARS. FINALLY GETTING MARRIED MEANT A LOT OF IMMIGRATION DETAILS OF PAPERWORK. I PUT THE DATE WE WERE GOING TO GET MARRIED. VALENTINE'S DAY. THE ROMANTIC THING WE HAD IN MIND. THERE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING TODAY. THE PASTOR AGREED TO DO THE CEREMONY. CAN YOU HELP ME OUT, THE COURTHOUSE IS CLOSED, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GET MARRIED. THEY PUT UP EASY DECORATIONS AND GOT CHAMPAGNE AND STRAWBERRIES. THEY APPROPRIATELY SHOWED UP IN THEIR SNOW PROOF OUTFIT. IT STILL WORKED OUT BETTER THAN WE HOPED. I COULDN'T HAVE PLANNED TO BE THIS GREAT. I REALLY COULDN'T. I CAN'T IMAGINE A MORE SPECIAL DAY. A 45 MINUTE CEREMONY. WE ARE EXCITED TO START OUR LIVES TOGETHER. I AM TOUCHED BY HOW MANY PEOPLE HELPED US. THEY PLANNED OFF -- THEY